William Cowper Quotes
Lived in his saddle, loved the chase, the course, And always, ere he mounted, kiss'd his horse.
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I'm totally comfortable with myself.
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I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
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Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do - at one stage, I wanted to be a jockey - but this is the one that's a big deal.
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In an art school it's very hard to tell who is the best.
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It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before.
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I have long understood that climate change is not only an environmental issue - it is a humanitarian, economic, health, and justice issue as well.
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I don't recall ever desiring to go as fast as possible.
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The only model to follow is pure Islam.
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I had a couple CDs. But I never had that first concert experience, that first record thing.
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When a person tests positive for HIV, it is not a test for the virus itself but for antibodies to the virus, and the test is not able to distinguish between HIV antibodies and a multitude of other antibodies. Many conditions can lead to a false positive result, including flu shots, hepatitis, and pregnancy.
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I am somebody who is constantly hungry to nibble on something.
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I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by.
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I think when the bottom started to drop out, we didn't recognize it.
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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I liked 'Star Wars' as a kid. I liked science fiction.
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The crazy thing is a lot of people - a lot of men, if I'm just speaking for myself - don't really start thinking about the effect of hyper-masculinity and false definitions of what it means to be a man until you get married or until you have kids. Because then, all of sudden, you have something to protect.
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There are only about four hundred people in New York society.
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He thought about that for a moment, wondered what he should say. The truth or nothing. The truth.
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I delay typing as long as possible. When I read a poem in longhand I'm hearing it, when in typescript I'm reading it. A poem can appear finished just because of the cleanness of the typescript.
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Very often when I haven't faith in my faith, I have to have faith in His faith. He makes me believe in myself and my possibilities, when I simply can't. I have to rise to His faith in me.
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Today, near the end of my days, I want to say that I harbor no rancor against anybody, that I love my fatherland above all and that I take political responsibility for everything that was done which had no other goal than making Chile greater and avoiding its disintegration.… I assume full political responsibility for what happened.
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At length, when I considered it, I realized that the best of my actions were small things. Picking flowers and cooking food for my mother when she had been unwell, spending an afternoon with the children, sending money to my sister or kissing Henry's tiny head as he slept in the nursery before I left. I thought of every detail and afterwards I felt better. Hellfire and brimstone have never appealed to me and I admit I become easily confused thinking of right and wrong. But I do understand kindness.
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Lived in his saddle, loved the chase, the course, And always, ere he mounted, kiss'd his horse.
